Tag Archives: dysfunction

He won’t say it, but I know this man loves me.

DEAR ABBY: I have contacted my first love forever after 30 years. Jeanne Phillips We have had some encounters over the years. When they happened, we fell back into our comfort zone. We both have current relationships with others that are not satisfactory. We have both had failed relationships as …

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The boy is told to keep the holidays a secret from his father.

Dear Amy: Nine-year-old “Danny” lives with his father and grandparents, and neither of them gets along well. Danny is always caught in the middle. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) Danny’s father (in his 30s) is a self-absorbed jerk and spends very little time with Danny, but lives …

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